Advanced
Error loading page.
Try refreshing the page. If that doesn't work, there may be a network issue, and you can use our self test page to see what's preventing the page from loading.
Learn more about possible network issues or contact support for more help.
Title details for The Yarn Whisperer by Clara Parkes - Available

The Yarn Whisperer

by Clara Parkes
ebook
Read a sample Read a sample
"In this charming series of linked essays," the renowned knitter and author explores the meaning and importance of knitting in her life (Vogue Knitting).
In The Yarn Whisperer, Clara Parkes offers reflections and stories from a lifetime of knitting through twenty-two captivating, poignant, and laugh-out-loud funny essays. Recounting tales of childhood and adulthood, family, friends, adventure, privacy, disappointment, love, and celebration, Parkes hits upon the universal truths that drive knitters to create. With surprising insight and wry humor, she draws clever parallels between life's twists and turns what knitters see on their needles.
Stockinette, ribbing, cables, even the humble yarn over can instantly evoke places, times, people, conversations, all those poignant moments that we've tucked away in our memory banks. Over time, those stitches form a map of our lives (From the preface).
Expand title description text
Publisher: ABRAMS, Inc.

Kindle Book

  • Release date: March 31, 2022

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781613125779
  • Release date: March 31, 2022

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781613125779
  • File size: 2957 KB
  • Release date: March 31, 2022

Formats

Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

subjects

Biography & Autobiography Crafts Literary Criticism Nonfiction

Languages

English

"In this charming series of linked essays," the renowned knitter and author explores the meaning and importance of knitting in her life (Vogue Knitting).
In The Yarn Whisperer, Clara Parkes offers reflections and stories from a lifetime of knitting through twenty-two captivating, poignant, and laugh-out-loud funny essays. Recounting tales of childhood and adulthood, family, friends, adventure, privacy, disappointment, love, and celebration, Parkes hits upon the universal truths that drive knitters to create. With surprising insight and wry humor, she draws clever parallels between life's twists and turns what knitters see on their needles.
Stockinette, ribbing, cables, even the humble yarn over can instantly evoke places, times, people, conversations, all those poignant moments that we've tucked away in our memory banks. Over time, those stitches form a map of our lives (From the preface).
Expand title description text
Biography & Autobiography Crafts Literary Criticism Nonfiction